The headlines we read/watch, every injustice and crisis we witness and every loved one who dies, acts as a grim dispatch from the front lines of a cosmic battlefield. These stories confirm a sobering reality: we are living in the crossfire of a war between powerful supernatural forces.
When we are struck by the shrapnel of this war—whether through injury, disease, the sting of injustice, the shattering of a relationship or the death of someone we love—it does more than just cause pain. It leaves profound, jagged holes in the hearts of our families and communities.
Yet, it is often in the crucible of our own hurt that our perspective shifts. We begin to understand, with a depth no book could teach, exactly why God hates sin so much. We begin to ache, as He does, for the end of this dark experiment with evil and for the promised return to a world where “He will wipe every tear from their eyes,” and death, sorrow, and pain will be no more (Revelation 21:4, NLT).
I am no stranger to this valley. Like you, I have walked through the long shadows of suffering:
–I have felt the weighty stress of betrayal as business partners broke contracts, costing nearly $100,000, forcing my family into years of major difficulty agonizing stress.
–I have stood in the halls of justice, both as a victim of abuse and as an advocate for others, fighting to break the chains of systemic cruelty.
–I have stood at the edge of open graves, sorrowed at memorial services—for relatives, friends, classmates, church members, and most recently, my own father—feeling the hollow ache of lives cut too short.
Yet I live in faith and hope, because I have also been given enormous blessings in life to know my Creator, grow up in wonderful family, several loving church families, met many inspiring and passionate friends, born into a country with much freedom, chances to study, teach and research science that has saved lives, participate in justice movements, lived or traveled in ~14 countries and to enjoy the awesome glories of nature made by an incredible Creator and so much more.
And I know from history and much research that suffering and death is real, but when people abandon God’s principles, tragedies always get much worse and nothing will right the injustices of history and bring eternal life except a God who is love, was crucified and resurrected so that I could live with Him and He could wipe out all evil. So similar to Peter, I have to say, where else can we go? You my God alone, have the words of eternal life (John 6:68).
But the existence of suffering and death is an ultimate question for all worldview that claim to be rational. These are questions that every person, whether religious, agnostic, or atheist, must answer since they have enormous impact on how we live, and whether we can live for all eternity, the ultimate prize. Those worldviews that fail to answer these most foundational questions of why there is suffering and death, do not deserve to be considered or followed by rational people and much harm will result from following worldviews that are ignorant of why tragedies happen and the best wisdom for how to recover and overcome them. While many modern philosophies, especially secular ones, completely fail to explain the origins of evil or offer a community that can truly sustain a broken soul, the biblical narrative provides a unique and powerful map through the darkness that has sustained countless people and enabled them to be beacons of hope and to regain happiness.
Below are 18 reasons I have found that have helped me understand why God allows suffering and death, and how He—the Master Weaver—uses these moments to bring forth a weight of glory that science, history, and the Bible all affirm. At the end there are also references to some great thinkers and speakers on these issues and some I have written draws from them, but God has also helped me think of reasons of my own.
1. The Great Controversy (The Cosmic War)
Suffering and death are not God’s design, but the collateral damage of a cosmic war between Christ and Satan, an enemy who seeks to destroy what God loves. We are in the “crossfire” of this battle, and some choose to aid the side of Satan and increase suffering while others choose the side of God and reduce it.
- Bible: “An enemy has done this” Matthew 13:28
Ellen White: “Satan is the destroyer; Christ is the restorer” (The Ministry of Healing, p. 113). - Illustration: Imagine a peaceful village caught between two warring armies. The villagers suffer not because the rightful King wants them to, but because an enemy has invaded their land.**
- Comfort: God is not the author of this death; He is the one who will eventually end the war. If we remember that we are in a war, it reduces paralyzing guilt or self-blame sometimes felt by survivors. We need to remember that God is not the cause of the evil, he is is our Ally in this war.
2. The God Who Suffers With Us
When we ask why there is suffering, a first question we need to ask as Dr. John Lennox says is, “Since God is all-powerful, what is He doing on a cross.” There must be a powerful reason why He has to let it happen, even if we don’t understand all reasons.
God does not watch our pain from a distance. Jesus became God with skin on, to experience and understand firsthand all the types of suffering we do. He is God with skin on. The Father suffered with Jesus on the cross as Jesus experienced the ultimate suffering and death to bring us eternal life.
- Bible: “In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years. ” Isaiah 63:9
- Ellen White: “The heart of Christ is moved by our sorrows as much as His hand is moved by our petitions” (The Desire of Ages, p. 356)**
- Illustration: Pastor Tim Keller has noted, Christianity is unique because our God has “scars.” He didn’t just give logical answers about why pain happens, He as the “man of suffering” experienced all types of suffering that humans have ranging from rejection and abuse to the most extreme forms of torture and death. So God fully understand what we go through from His life on earth and He walks through all our suffering with us as the powerful poem/song “Footprints in the Sand” shares:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYDKBgTE4oM&list=RDZYDKBgTE4oM&start_radio=1
In addition, Jesus will carry scars throughout eternity as a permanent reminder that He carries our pain in His own body. - Comfort: Psychology emphasizes “Companioning.” Job’s friends sometimes tried to give reasons for his suffering, but at first they just sat with him, sympathizing and sometimes that’s the best thing we can do. When Lazarus died, Jesus emphathized and wept with those still alive (John 11:35).
3. Transforming Evil into Good (The Weaver)
God is like a “Master Weaver” who can take the tangled, dark threads of a tragedy and weave them into a beautiful tapestry. He can take a “mess” and turn it into a “message”, turn a “victim” into a “victor” and a “trial” into a “triumph”. While the event itself is bad, God weaves it into a larger plan for good.
- Bible: “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them” Romans 8:28. “My brothers and sisters, be very happy when you are tested in different ways. You know that such testing of your faith produces endurance. Endure until your testing is over. Then you will be mature and complete, and you won’t need anything.” James 1:2-4
- Illustration: A chess grandmaster can respond to an opponent’s seemingly winning move, and with superior wisdom, and still steer the game toward a final victory. We sometimes see events as a loss, but God sees the bigger picture and the final “victory”. We can trust that He will win in the end.
- Practical Comfort: Cognitive Reframing* helps people find a “narrative of hope.” Choose to look at the good memories you have had with family, friends, church, community and the blessings you have. Don’t be a Pollyanna about the trials. But when you can, focus your mind on the many happinesses God has given you. Dr. Stephen Achor in his TED talk “the Happy Secret of work”* points out that if we keep our mind more positive, our brains function 30-40% better. And that can help us work through many problems better.
4. Creating a Desire for Heaven/This World is Not Our Home
The bitterness that happens in this life from time to time makes the “milk and honey” of the New Earth taste even sweeter.
Pain acts as a “homing signal,” reminding us that we are we are pilgrims traveling to a better country, just passing through a fallen world on our way to a better world.
- Bible: ” For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.” Hebrews 13:14. “He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” Revelation 21:4
- Ellen White: “We are but pilgrims and strangers here below… looking for a better country, even an heavenly” (Review and Herald, Nov. 1883).**
- Illustration: The Pilgrim. A traveler doesn’t get comfortable in a run-down hotel because they know they are headed home.
If everything in this world were perfect, we would never want to leave. Pain makes the world’s superficial pleasures for a season, taste like the gall they are, so we will long for our true home. - Comfort: Psychology shows that “hope-focused” meditation can provide quick neurological relief from grief.Meditating on the hope we have beyond suffering can help keep us from getting too comfortable in this “hotel” of a world and focus our minds on the happier future that God has for us (which again helps our brains function better).**
We can also be thankful that loved ones we have lost are now resting from the pain, awaiting a world where it can never touch them again and that we will meet them again.
5. Driving Justice and Change (The Activist’s Heart)
When we respond to pain by helping others, we break the cycle of abuse and defeat the enemy’s plans.
Grief over injustice or “unjust death” often births movements that make the world better, safer, freer and more like God’s kingdom. God created us to do good works like this (Eph. 2:10) and rewards them beyond our imagination (1 Cor. 2:9).
- Bible: “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed” (Isaiah 1:17 NIV). “See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people” (1 Thessalonians 5:15).
- Illustrations:
Frederick Douglass & Harriet Tubman felt the whip of slavery, and both became extremely powerful voices for abolition which eventually freed millions from the horrors of slavery.
Elizabeth Smart: After surviving a horrific abduction, she dedicated her life to being an advocate for missing children and victims of abuse.
William Wilberforce & Equiano: Their indignation at the horrors of slavery and the slave trade drove them to fight with enormous persistence to change their nations unjust laws and after years of diligent effort, they ended the slave trade throughout the British empire, freeing and improving lives for millions.
Joyce Meyer was raped by her father up to 200 times in her teens. It was horrible abuse. But that abuse made her very sensitive to the abuse others experience and she has given them principles to help abuse women and men recover and thrive.
In a talk “Fight Like a Christian” she said that Satan wants you to be bitter so you hurt others. But when you choose to do good to someone else instead, you “break the cycle” and win the war.
Her ministry has helped millions of women recover from terrible abuses and live to make the world a better place. - Comfort: Look at what you’re going through and what others have gone through. The injustices we see and deaths we experience can can inspire us to learn how to fight these sufferings and reduce that for others.
“Altruism-born-of-suffering” is also psychological phenomenon where helping others heals the helper’s own trauma.
6. Understanding the Evil of Sin
Suffering is a witness to the universe and to all people of how destructive sin is, and why God hates it so much. It will help all fully understand why God will permanently destroys it and why it must never rise again.
- Bible: “Affliction shall not rise up the second time” Nahum 1:9 NIV
- Illustration: The Warning Label. A horrific crash site is a grim reminder to everyone to follow the King’s “traffic laws” for their own safety. So too, the “crash” of sin shows the universe why God’s law of love is the only way to live.
- Comfort: Every tear shed today is a testimony that sin is a cruel master and God’s way of love is the only way to live.
7. Refining Character (The School of Sorrow)
Trials are a “furnace” that burns away the dross of our character to reveal the gold underneath.
- Bible: “When He tests me, I will come out as pure as gold” Job 23:10
- Ellen White: “All who… render true service to God… receive a preparatory training in the school of sorrow” (Education, p. 151)**.
- Illustration: David and Solomon. David was refined in the “school of sorrow” while fleeing in the wilderness, which prepared him to be a just king. Solomon, who lacked this “stern discipline” in his youth, was easily led astray by prosperity.
Peter never imagined that he could betray Jesus. But the arrest of Jesus and persecution of His disciples, revealed a serious character flaw that Peter didn’t know existed. With God’s help, he fixed that and later couldn’t even think of being put to death in the same way Jesus was, and so testified for His Lord by being crucified upside down.
8. Individual Sin: The Law of Consequences
God gives us the freedom to choose our actions, but we are not free from the results of those actions. Many times, suffering is the natural harvest of seeds we have sown.
- Bible: “Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant” Galatians 6:7
- Illustration: A smoker may develop lung cancer, a cheater may be betrayed, a person who lives in pride and refuses wise counsel may see their life and relationships crumble.
It isn’t that God is “zapping” them; He is simply allowing the law of cause and effect to play out. - Practical Comfort: Self-Reflection & Forgiveness. Psychology teaches that taking responsibility for what we can control (and releasing what we cannot) is vital for mental health. Encourage the family to find peace in God’s forgiveness while learning from the past.
9. Corporate Sin: Institutional Injustice
Sometimes suffering occurs because of the “systems”. When governments, businesses, schools, secular organizations or even churches prioritize profit or power over people, the innocent suffer.
- Bible: “The Lord has sent me to… proclaim that captives will be released… and that the oppressed will be set free” Luke 4:18-19
- Illustration: The famous economist Dr. Michael Hudson in his article: “Jesus, the Economic Activist” has shown how the Pharisees in Jesus’ day bypassed God’s laws of debt-cancellation (Deut. 15:1) to exploit the poor. Jesus condemned this in his first sermon, speaking about the “Year of the Lord” or Jubilee when people were set free from debts, slavery and all kinds of oppression.
Many corporations have produced chemical waste that pollutes and poisons the earth, water and air and they knew that it was destructive to people’s health, but continued doing it for profit (this is a top example of greed being the root of all evil. Teflon is one of many examples that was dumped into rivers and caused many people to get cancer and die. Roundup from Mansanto is another example of knowingly poisoning of people for profit (They have now paid ~$17 billion for not telling people about the danger).
Monsanto/Bayer for example have already paid $10 billion for knowingly selling products that cause cancer and were just punished another $7. 25 billion. But this is a tiny fraction of the tens of billions of profits they made from it.
$7.25 billion for diseases caused by Roundup.
https://apnews.com/article/bayer-monsanto-roundup-lawsuits-settlement-154ad7c6bdff3a91b06c4e327321160b
Teflon killed a lot of Americans until the govt. made safety regulations here about it. Then corporations knowing it’s lethal nature, exported the production to other countries like China where it killed many more people.
America/westerners exporting the greed based economic system that has poisoned 99% of Americans to China.
https://theintercept.com/2015/08/20/teflon-toxin-dupont-slipped-past-epa/
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/19/teflon-toxin-contamination-has-spread-throughout-the-world/
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/15/the-teflon-toxin-goes-to-china/
Some years ago, scientists said:
“An estimated 12.6 million deaths each year are attributable to unhealthy environments.” March 15, 2016. www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/deaths-attributable-to-unhealthy-environments/en/.
It’s now higher. This is why Christians have condemned SDA founders condemned the obscene vicious cruelty of greed in all forms, because it truly is the root of all evil (1 Tim. 6:10). - Practical Comfort: Advocacy for Reform. Research into Collective Efficacy shows that when people work together to fix a broken system, it builds resilience.
10. Drawing Us Closer to Jesus
Suffering strips away our self-reliance and motivates us to turn to God. When we reach the end of our own strength and the supports of life are knocked away from us, we learn far better to lean fully on the Everlasting Arms.
- Bible: “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted” Psalm 34:18. “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness” 2 Corinthians 12:9.
- Illustration: The Ivy and the Oak. A vine of ivy grows strongest when it clings to a sturdy oak tree. In the “storm” of grief, we cling to Christ with a strength we never had in the sunshine.
- Comfort: In your deepest grief, Jesus is closer to you now than He was in your happiest moments.
Sometimes it can help to pray short prayers like “Lord, I lean on You”. Praying can also help regulate the nervous system during acute grief.
11. Motivation to Find Truth (Structural Search)
Suffering helps us look past the person who hurt us to see the “systemic” causes of pain, such as generational trauma or propaganda.
- Bible: Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34
“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
“Then they will know that I am the Lord when I have executed judgment against them and against their gods.” Ezekiel 25:17 - Illustration: People who do harm to others are often victims of systemic greed, media-driven deceptions, and intergenerational trauma. A person who abuses others has often been neglected or abused themselves.
- Practical Comfort: If we think in godly and wise ways, this helps survivors to move from “Why did they do this to me?” to “How do we stop the system that creates this pain?”
12. Greed: The Root of Grief
In the last days, the Bible warns that a love for money will cause people to become cruel and heartless, tearing families apart.
- Bible: “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” 1 Tim. 6:10, “the last days…will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money.” 2 Tim. 3:1,2. “Greed causes fighting; trusting the Lord leads to prosperity” Proverbs 28:25 and “Greed brings grief to the whole family” Proverbs 15:27.
- Illustration: Families are often torn apart during the settling of an estate or when business partners prioritize “the bottom line” over human relationships. Greed creates a “structural” dysfunction that victimizes everyone involved.
- Practical Comfort: The “Halo Effect” of the Church is a powerful concept that has been pioneered by Dr. Ram Cnaan, an agnostic, who studied the effect of healthy churches on their communities. He found that being part of a biblical church actually protects against various evils by reducing crime, saving marriages, and creating a culture of generosity that counters greed. The value of these really can’t be counted in money, but when Dr. Cnaan tried to quantify it, he found that for ever $1 given to churches, there is ~$3.39 in benefits to the community on average and sometimes much more. So being part of a genuinely biblical church is one of the best ways to reduce the pain of greed.
13. The Biological Warning (The Purpose of Pain)
Science shows that the absence of pain is a deadly hazard, not a blessing. Some kinds of pain, such as certain physical pains protects the body against far more serious pains and injuries that would happen if we didn’t have the sense of pain. Similarly, emotional pain indicates something is wrong and needs to change to protect our relationships and souls.
- Bible: “I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word” Psalm 119:67
- Illustration: Ashlyn Blocker is a young girl born with a rare condition (CIPA) that prevents her from feeling physical pain and so often injures herself without knowing it. Because she cannot feel pain, she has accidentally burned herself on stoves and chewed a finger to the knuckle because she didn’t feel the “warning” of an injury.
Pain—though it hurts—is God’s “alarm system” to tell us we are in a dangerous, fallen world and need to find safety in Him.
Emotional pain is God’s “warning light” that something is wrong in our world so we will seek His healing. - Comfort: Pain is like the “red light” on a dashboard. It tells us something is wrong so we can fix it before the engine is destroyed. So think of it as a way to help you avoid more serious problems in light, a reset.
14. A Witness of Faith to Others
The way a godly family handles a trial “preaches” a more powerful sermon than many words can and shows that God can give people hope in suffering and tragedies, which all experience, and this is something that no secular worldview can offer or match.
- Bible: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
- Illustration: The Lighthouse. A lighthouse is most useful when the storm is at its worst. Your faith during this loss is a “light” to neighbors and friends who are also struggling with the darkness of life.
- Comfort: By trusting God in these times, we “preach” a sermon of hope to everyone watching and show that Christianity has wisdom and valuable principles to endure/overcome suffering. Everyone goes through pain, but Christianity has a God who has suffered walking with us and helping us get through it.**
15. Developing Empathy and Bonding
Suffering creates moments of authenticity as we “weep with those who weep” and helps us to bond with and comfort others as we who are hurting at much deeper levels.
- Bible: “He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us” 2 Corinthians 1:4
- Illustration: The Compassionate Friends. This global support group was started by two sets of grieving parents in a hospital who realized that only someone who has walked the path of loss can truly hold the hand of another who is just starting it.
- Comfort: The pain you go through will eventually become your “ministry” to someone else who experiences suffering, injustice or the loss of a loved one and will bring you closer through shared suffering.
16. Heroes are Born in Trials
If there were no trials, many there would be no heroes in many cases. Heroes are defined by what they overcome.
Great characters are like diamonds—they are just pieces of coal that handled extreme pressure very well, especially with God’s help. Most biblical heroes (Joseph, Esther, Daniel) are heroes precisely because of how they reacted during intense periods of suffering or crises.
- Bible: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people” Genesis 50:20
- Illustration: Viktor Frankl. a psychiatrist who survived Nazi concentration camps and used his suffering to develop “Logotherapy,” helping millions find meaning in the face of despair.
Dr. Dennis Slamon saw women suffer and die from aggressive breast cancer, he spent over a decade in a grueling search for the truth about the HER2 protein. His determination led to the creation of Herceptin, which has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. - Practical Comfort: Research on “Meaning-Making” shows that those who channel their grief into a search for truth or a solution to a problem recover with greater resilience.
17. Appreciating the Gift of Life
Death is a stark reminder that every breath we take is a borrowed gift from God and should be lived to its fullest for God’s glory, not taken for granted.
- Bible: “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom” Psalm 90:12
- Illustration: The Near-Death Experience. People who nearly lose their lives often say they never truly “saw” the beauty of a flower or the value of a hug until they thought they would never have them again.
- Comfort: This loss makes us treasure the love we still have and the life God has lent us.
Practicing “Gratitude Journals” even in grief helps regulate dopamine levels and improves our resilience.
18. Getting Right with God (Memento Mori)
Death is a “wake-up call” that helps us realize our own mortality and encourages us to be ready to meet our Creator and that our lives and sins are covered by genuine faith in Jesus’ sacrifice.
- Bible: “Therefore, prepare to meet your God in judgment!” Amos 4:12 :I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” Phil. 1:6
- Illustration: Memento Mori. Certain ancient people often kept a reminder of death nearby called Memento Mori, not to be morbid, but to ensure they lived every day as if it were their last, focused on what truly matters. It’s not a bad idea.
- Comfort: Trials, tragedy and deaths of loved ones come to all. But they remind us that this life is not forever and that the only surety of eternal life, a most precious gift, is to know and trust Jesus and follow Him wherever He leads. He is the only one who can say with ultimate truth and love and the promise of justice and eternal life, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” John 14:6
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Here are some of the best writers and speakers I know who wrestle with these issues.
Suffering and Sovereignty Does God Care? Alan Parker
https://adventistreview.org/theology/sabbath-school/suffering-and-sovereignty/
This is a good sermon by pastor Tim Keller about living when life hurts (he recently died of pancreatic cancer):
Probably the best medium length Adventist one is this one by pastor Doug Bachelor:
Cosmic Conflict: The Origin of Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLIndMA9Ks
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati and other thoughtful thinkers have written some very good articles on this issue as well, pointing out many helpful insights, including that atheism has to answer this question just as much as Christianity does.
https://creation.com/why-death-suffering
https://creation.com/en/podcasts/why-does-god-allow-death-and-suffering
http://creation.com/why-death-suffering
https://creation.com/en/articles/pain
Adventist pastor Grenville Kent wrote a great series of Bible studies called Big Questions, that were designed esp. for youth/young adults and very good graphics. They were online for free for some years, but now can’t find them. But you can still see them in web archives. This one is on the issue of pain and suffering:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120310222131/http://www.bigquestions.com/10qs/one/index.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20120310222131/http://www.bigquestions.com/10qs/one/index.htm%20web.archive.org/web/20120320181753fw_/http://www.bigquestions.com/10qs/one/page3.htm%20http://web.archive.org/web/20120310222131/http://www.bigquestions.com/10qs/one/index.htm%20web.archive.org/web/20120320181753fw_/http://www.bigquestions.com/10qs/one/page3.htm
Why Doesn’t God STOP All Evil, Pain & Suffering? Jon Oleksiuk Whatismedia
Lennox: Bible has explanation for origin and solution for pain…a God who shares our pain and changes our lives to stop evil. (esp. ~1:26:00+)
Prof John Lennox | Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God mix?
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Reference Section: Christian Biblical and Academic Resources
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Batchelor, Doug. Cosmic Conflict: The Origin of Evil. Amazing Facts, 2014.
https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/media/e/13143/t/cosmic-conflict–the-origin-of-evil
Brand, Paul, and Philip Yancey. The Gift of Pain. Zondervan, 1997.
https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Pain-Paul-Brand/dp/0310221447
Cnaan, Ram A. The Other Philadelphia Story: How Local Congregations Support Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood. University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
https://repository.upenn.edu/entities/publication/609d0263-d143-4523-a26b-d316e6d1c448
Hudson, Michael. “Jesus’ The Economic Activist.” Michael-Hudson.com, 2015.
https://michael-hudson.com/2015/05/jesus-the-economic-activist/
Keller, Timothy. Walking with God through Pain and Suffering. Penguin Books, 2015.
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-God-through-Pain-Suffering/dp/1594634408
Meyer, Joyce. “Fight Like a Christian.” Sermons.Love, 2023.
https://sermons.love/joyce-meyer/5282-joyce-meyer-fight-like-a-christian.html
Parker, Alan. “Suffering and Sovereignty: Does God Care?” Adventist Review, 2023.
https://adventistreview.org/theology/sabbath-school/suffering-and-sovereignty/
Slamon, Dennis. “Herceptin: The Story of a Life-Saving Discovery.” UCLA Health, 2019.
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/dennis-slamon-biography
White, Ellen G. The Ministry of Healing. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1905.
https://egwwritings.org/book/b135